Governor Gavin Newsom has rallied enough support from local Democratic leaders to plow ahead with a controversial initiative to redraw California’s congressional maps. A key next task: tapping the state’s wealthy to help sell the plan to voters.

California lawmakers returned to the state Capitol on Monday to begin their march toward passing Gov. Gavin Newsom’s (D) redistricting plan, vowing to “fight back” and even the scales ahead of the midterm elections.